"Metro NOLA Schools" archive
Friday 28 September
- Toledano's premature "autopsy" (09:31) - Lolis Eric Elie, my favorite op-ed columnist in Da Paper, does a great job of putting an article by Mr. Ben C. Toledano in Commentary into perspective. Now, I don't know Mr. Toledano personally, so I'm loathe to call him... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 20 September
- Where did you go to school? (21:55) - That question is up there with the three made famous by Marcelle Bienvenu: Who's Your Mama? Are You Catholic? Can You Make a Roux? Those three are what a New Orleans mother will ask a girl who wants to date... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 4 September
- New Orleans: The start of the school year (11:13) - Orleans Parish Public Schools have traditionally started on the day after Labor Day. Private, parochial, and suburban schools have been back in session. I wrote two articles here, one offering some background and perspective on the Orleans Parish School Board,... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 19 March
- Holy Cross School Update... (11:57) - On the way home from taking Kevin to Brother Martin High School to get him registered for 8th grade there next year, wife wanted to drive past St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church and School on Paris Avenue. The church, school,... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 9 October
- Holy Cross picks Gentilly... (11:39) - I'm not surprised that Holy Cross chose to re-locate their Ninth Ward school to Gentilly rather than to out in Kenner, for several reasons: They're a New Orleans tradition. Holy Cross' roots are in Da Nint'. The school's board had... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 25 July
- Holy Cross Update... (10:51) - (note: I'm cross-posting this to my DailyKos diary, so I'm back-tracking a bit in the story...) A story in the Times-Picayune today focuses on the discussion surrounding the potential sale of land in Kenner owned by the Jefferson Parish School... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 16 February
- Is it really that hard? (09:42) - Da Paper put a big photo of my old school on the front page today, as part of an article on private schools in the post-K world. Their thesis is that the competition for students is more intense this year... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 19 November
- New Orleans Schools: Magnets and Vouchers and Charters, oh my! (17:37) - The grand debate over public school reform did not pass New Orleans by, but the demand for alternatives to public education, "school choice," and tax relief were not as strong as other cities in the US. Let's look at some...
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Friday 18 November
- New Orleans: the Orleans Parish School Board (12:44) - There are usually two types of folks who run for a school board position. One is the ambitious, up-and-coming politician. school boards are often a great place to get started. The districts are often relatively small, and a big media...
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Thursday 17 November
- New Orleans: the decline of Public Education (09:45) - The decision to re-open schools in Orleans Parish post-Katrina is all about money, but that wasn't the case prior to the storm. In a city that was 60% black/40% white, the public school system's racial make-up was 95% black/5% white....
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Wednesday 16 November
- New Orleans: It's all about the schools. (09:59) - The debate over a "right of return" to New Orleans for those who have been displaced by the storm cannot begin in earnest until we figure out what to do about the Orleans Parish Public Schools. NPR's Claudio Sanchez says...
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